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Mark

Chapter 9 (Continued)

{Jesus' Second Prediction of His Death and Resurrection}
9:30-31``Then, having departed from there,
they passed through Galilee,
and He {Jesus} did not desire for anyone to know {ginosko}, 9:31``
for He was teaching {didasko} His disciples and telling them,
"The Son of Man will be delivered/betrayed {paradidomi}
into the hands of men.

They will kill Him and after three days He will rise {anistemi}."

9:32`` But they did understood not { agnoeo }
this statement and were afraid to ask/interrogate {eperotao} Him.

{Questions about the Greatest}
9:33``Then they came to Capernaum.

And, being in the house, He {Jesus} asked them,
"What were you
debating/'discussing among yourselves' {dialogizomai} on the way?"

9:34``But they were silent {siopao} . . .
for on the way
they had debating/'discussing among themselves' {dialogizomai}
who was the greatest {meizon}.

{Note: Another indication on the lack of understanding of grace and spiritual immaturity of the disciples at this point in time.}

9:35``And, having sat down,
He {Jesus} called the twelve and said to them,
"If anyone wants to be first
  - and you do - {ei tis - 1st class condition},
he must be last {eschatos} of all . . .
and servant {diakonos} of all."

9:36-37``And, having taken an infant/'little child' {paidion}
 He {Jesus} had him stand among them.

'Taking him in his arms'/'Embracing him',
He said to them, 9:37~~

"Whoever receives/instructs/teaches {dechomai}
one of these infants/'little children' {paidion}
in My Name receives Me.

And whoever receives Me,
does not receive Me
but the One Who sent Me {God the Father}."

{On Jesus' Side}
9:38``Moreover, John 'had an answer'/'gave a discerning answer
from the ultimate source of Himself' {apokrinomai} and said to Him,
"Teacher/Master {didaskalos},
we saw/observed a man casting out demons in Your Name
and we tried to stop him because he was not following us."

9:39-40``So Jesus said {lego},
"Do not hinder/stop him {koluo - imperative mood - an order},
because no one 'who is able to do'/'has the power to do' {dunamis}
{a miracle} in My Name
will 'be able'/'have the power' {dunamis} soon afterward
to 'speak evil' { kakologeo} about Me 9:40``
for he who is absolutely not against us
is 'for us'/'for the sake of us'/'for the substitute of us' {huper}."

9:41`` 'Point of Doctrine'/'For I tell you the truth' {amen},
whoever gives you a cup of water in My Name to drink
- because you keep on belonging to Christ -
he absolutely will not
  {ou me - double negative is very strong negative}
potentially 'lose his reward'/
'have his reward perish' {apollumi misthos}.

9:42`` "Indeed, whoever may cause
a lesser one {mikros}
having believed in Me to sin,
it would be much better for him
to have a large millstone {lithos mulikos}
tied around his neck
and to be thrown into the sea {thalassa}.

9:43``If {ean} your hand causes you to sin
- maybe it does, maybe it does not
  {ean - followed by Subjunctive mood} -
'amputate it'/'cut it off' {apokopto}.

It is better for you to enter into life mutilated/crippled {kullos},
than having two hands
and go into gehenna/hell {geenna} . . .
to the unquenchable fire {asbestos pur}.

{Note: Verse 9:44 and 9:46 say the same thing - 'where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched' - but it actually is part of verse 9:48 and not here in the original.}

9:45``If {ean} your foot causes you to sin
- maybe it does, maybe it does not -
  {ean - followed by Subjunctive mood}
'amputate it'/'cut it off' {apokopto}.

It is better for you
to enter in to life {zao} maimed {cholos}
than having two feet
and be thrown into gehenna/hell {geenna}.

{Note: Verse 9:44 and 9:46 say the same thing - 'where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched' - but it actually is part of verse 9:48 and not here in the original.}

9:47~~If {ean} your eye causes you to sin
- maybe it does, maybe it does not -
  {ean - followed by Subjunctive mood}
cast it out {ekballo}.

It is better for you
to enter into the kingdom {basileia} of God with one eye,
than to have two eyes
and be thrown into gehenna/hell {geenna}, 9:48~~
where their worm never dies
and the fire is never quenched 9:49~~
for everyone will be salted with fire
  {salt is used for many things in the bible - here it is used for the
  'salt of judgment'}.

{Note: Hell is the place of the future punishment call "Gehenna" or "Gehenna of fire". This was originally the name of the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and burned; a fit symbol of the wicked and their future destruction. Gehenna is an actually place in the center of the earth where the souls of the unbelievers will remain until the Judgment Seat of Christ. It is very hot and uncomfortable there, but they are alive and conscious. Also, do not confuse 'hell' with the Lake of Fire. That is the final resting place made for Satan and his fallen angels. These unbelieving humans will eventually perish in the Lake of Fire.}

{Doctrine resident in the soul - Salt}
9:50~~Salt . . . {is} good {halas kalos}.

But if {ean} salt has lost its saltiness {reversionism}
- maybe it does, maybe it does not -
  {ean - followed by Subjunctive mood}
how can you make it salty again?

Have salt in yourselves {doctrine resident in your soul},
and be at peace/'inner happiness' {eireneuo}
with each other of the same kind {allelon}."

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